Naan Potta Savaal

Naan Potta Savaal (transl. The challenge I laid) is 1980 Indian Tamil-language Western film^[1] directed by Puratchidasan. The film stars Rajinikanth and Reena, with M. R. Radha and M. R. R. Vasu in supporting roles. It did not do well at the box office. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Idhe Naa Savaal (transl. This is my challenge) with a slightly different cast.^[2]

Naan Potta Savaal
Poster of Tamil version
Directed by	Puratchidasan
Written by	Puratchidasan
Produced by	G. Sarangan
Starring	Rajinikanth Reena
Cinematography	Vijayakumar
Edited by	Venkatesh
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Kanaga Saragar Films
Release dates	7 August 1980 (1980-08-07) (Tamil) 15 June 1984 (1984-06-15) (Telugu)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Tamil Telugu

Cast

Character	Actors in Language
	Tamil	Telugu
Ramu /Shiva (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	Rajinikanth
Roopa (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	Reena
Lakshmi (Tamil) / - (Telugu) Hero's Mother	Pandari Bai
Justice Janarthan (Tamil) / - (Telugu) Hero's father	Major Sundarrajan	Kantha Rao
Venucharavarthy (Tamil) / - (Telugu)Hero's House owner	V. S. Raghavan	Mukkamala
Hero's friend	C. L. Anandan
Marikkolunthu (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	Manorama
Marikkolunthu's Lover (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	Suruli Rajan	Raj Babu
Ardhanari (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	M. R. Radha	Nagabhushanam
Prabhudas	S. A. Ashokan	Pemmasani Ramakrishna
Dr. Tower (Tamil) / Dr. Tower(Telugu)	R. S. Manohar	Prabhakar Reddy
M. B. Singh (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	K. Kannan
Advocate Arthanari (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	M. R. R. Vasu
Himachalam (Tamil) / Simhachalam (Telugu)	Ceylon Manohar
Bhoominathan (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	S. V. Ramadas
Special Appearance	Jayamalini

Production

Naan Potta Saval is the first film in which the screen credits carried the title "Super Star" for Rajinikanth.^[3][4] The scene where Rajinikanth fights with Kannan in a palace was shot at Sharada Studios.^[5]

Soundtrack

Tamil songs

Lyrics for the songs were written by film director Puratchidasan himself.^[6] The song "Sugam Sugame" is set to the raga Shuddha Saveri.^[7]

Song	Singer	Duration
"Mayakkama Oru Thayakkamaa"	Vani Jayaram	4:42
"Naatukulla"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:05
"Nenje Un Aasai"	T. L. Maharajan	4:13
"Silarai Devai"	Vani Jairam,S. P. Sailaja	4:18
"Sugam Sugame"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jayaram	4:26

Telugu songs^[8]

Song	Singer	Duration
"Desamlo Konni Nakkalunnayi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:05
"Choodana Jatha Goodana"	Vani Jairam	4:32
"Evaru Nannapaleru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:25
"Kowgililo"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam	4:18